JMC Expert Directory
The JMC Expert Directory features scholars with expertise on the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean to serve students, media, and community outreach.
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| Pirjo Ahokas, Professor Emerita (Comparative Literature, University of Turku) Book Review Editor, American Studies in Scandinavia Email: piraho[at]utu.fi |
Kimmo Ahonen, Ph.D. (European and World History, University of Turku) Project Manager, Tampere University of Technology, Pori Department Tel. +358-40-826 2735 |
| • American Ethnic Minority Literatures (Jewish, African, Asian, and Native American) • American Gender, Race, and Ethnicity • Multiculturalism in the United States |
• U.S. History, Politics, and Culture • The Cold War • Post-War U.S. Society and Culture • Film History • Anti-Communism in American Politics and Culture • Science Fiction • The History of U.S. Presidential Elections |
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| Rani-Henrik Andersson, Ph.D. (History, University of Tampere), Title of Docent (North American Studies, University of Helsinki) University Researcher, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-50-323 3549 Email: rani-henrik.andersson[at]helsinki.fi |
Nana Arjopalo, M.A. (English Philology, University of Helsinki) Ph.D. Candidate, English, University of Turku
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| • U.S. History, Politics, and Culture • Canadian History, Politics, and Culture • Native Americans • Environment • 2016 U.S. Presidential Election |
• North American Literature • Indian Diaspora Literature in the United States • Contemporary American Women Writers |
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| Ina Batzke, M.A. (University of Münster) Lecturer, English Department & Chair of American Studies, University of Münster, Germany Freelance Translator/Editor Email: inabatzke[at]uni-muenster.de |
Katharine Bausch, Ph.D. (History, York University) Assistant Professor, Gender & Women's Studies, Trent University, Ontario, Canada Tel. +1-705-748-1011 Email: katharinebausch[at]trentu.ca |
| • Undocumented (Im)migration • Border Studies • Political Activism • Testimonial Literature/Testimonio • Latin American Literature |
• North American Gender and Race • North American Social Movements • North American Popular Culture |
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| Diane Bélisle-Wolf, M.A. Ph.D. Candidate, Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany University Lecturer, French, French Cultural Studies and CanLit, University of Koblenz, Germany, and Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien Tel. + 49-261-952 2758 Email: dbelisle-wolf[at]web.de |
Eric Bergman, M.B.S. (Master of British Studies, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University in Berlin) Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, Comparative Literature Unit, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-45-642 8299 Email: eric.bergman[at]helsinki.fi |
| • 9/11 Studies • Canadian Literature/Studies • U.S.–Canada Border Studies • Comparative North American Studies • U.S. Literature and Popular Culture • French and Francophone Literature/Migrant Literature in Quebec • Life Writing • World Literature |
• Mexican American/Chicano Literature, Culture, Society, and Politics • Multiculturalism in the U.S. • Finnish American Culture |
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| Jørn Brøndal, Ph.D. (American History, University of Copenhagen) Associate Professor, American History, Center for American Studies, University of Southern Denmark President of the Danish Association for American Studies Tel. +45-6550-2190 Email: brondal[at]sdu.dk |
Zuzanna Buchowska, Ph.D. (Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland) Assistant Professor, Department of Studies in Culture, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan Email: zuzana[at]wa.amu.edu.pl |
| • History and Politics • African American History • Ethnic History • History of Scandinavian Migration to the U.S. • Reform Movements in U.S. History • Presidential History |
• Native American Studies • Indigenous Food Sovereignty • Indigenous Transnationalism • Indigenous Education (boarding school history, higher education) • Australian Indigenous Studies (education) |
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| Albion M. Butters, Ph.D. (History of Religion, Columbia University) Research Fellow, JMC, University of Turku Tel. +358-45-316 9363 Email: albion.butters[at]utu.fi |
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| • Religion in the U.S. • 2016 U.S. Presidential Election • U.S. Popular Culture • Comics • Buddhism in the U.S. • Buddhism in India and Tibet |
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| Derrais (D.A.) Carter, Ph.D. (American Studies, University of Iowa) Assistant Professor of Black Studies, Portland State University Email: derraiscarter[at]gmail.com |
Jennifer J.N. Chernega, Ph.D. (Sociology, Loyola University Chicago) Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota Tel. +011 507-457-5428 E-mail: jchernega[at]winona.edu |
| • Black Popular Culture • Black Masculinity • African American History • Black Sexuality |
• Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. and Norway • U.S. Voter Disenfranchisement • U.S. Housing Segregation • Gender Inequality in the U.S. • U.S. Racial Inequality in Education • U.S. Racial Inequality in Wealth Accumulation |
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| Michael C. Coleman, Ph.D. (American History, University of Pennsylvania) Professor Emeritus, Department of Languages (English), University of Jyväskylä, Finland Tel. +358-45-135 7177 Email: michael.coleman46[at]gmail.com |
Diana Cuéllar Ledesma, (PhD in Artistic, Literary and Cultural Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) Freelance Researcher Tel. +346-20-98 7503 Email: diana.cledesma[at]gmail.com |
| • Native American Histories and Cultures • History of Cross-Cultural Education (esp. in comparative contexts) • Language Changes in Finland and Ireland |
• Contemporary Mexican Arts and Culture • Indigenous Movements and Subjectivities in Latin America • Indigenous Feminism in Latin America • Indigenous Presence in Latin American Arts and Visual Culture • Representation of Gender/Ethnicity in Latin American Cinema and Visual Culture • Dialectics of Modernity in Latin America (Globalisation, Urban Inmigration and "Mutant" Subjectivities) |
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| Kimmo Elo, D.Soc.Sci. (Political Science, University of Turku), Title of Docent (University of Jyväskylä) Senior Lecturer, European Studies, University of Turku & German Studies, Åbo Akademi University Tel. +358-2-215 4522 Email: kimmo.elo[at]utu.fi |
Maria Elo, D.Sci. (Economics, Åbo Akademi University) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Business, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku Tel. +1-202-994 0820 Email: melo[at]gwu.edu |
| • Transatlantic Relations • The Role of the U.S. in Europe (esp. after WWII) • Intelligence Studies • The Cold War • Computational Linguistic, Content Analysis, Text Mining • Network Analysis, Big Networks |
• International Business and Trade, International Business Networks • Global Internationalization • Non-Prime Business • Transnational Business and Organizations • Diaspora and Migration • Diaspora Networks, Resources, and Entrepreneurship • Bukharian Jewish Diaspora Entrepreneurship and Business • Finnish Diaspora Business and Cluster Building in the U.S. • Emerging Markets and Diaspora (esp. Central Asian diasporas in USA and Europe) |
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| Iván Farías Pelcastre, Ph.D. (Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham) Vacation Visiting Research Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford Email: ivan.fariaspelcastre[at]rai.ox.ac.uk |
Johannes Fehrle, Ph.D. (English, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) Assistant Professor, North American Studies, University of Mannheim Tel. +49-621-181 3367 Email: fehrle[at]uni-mannheim.de |
| • North American Regional Integration • U.S.–Mexico Relations • U.S.–Canada Relations • Canada–Mexico Relations • U.S.–Mexico Border Region • North American Agreements on Environmental and Labor Cooperation (NAAEC and NAALC) • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
• The Western Genre (fiction and film) • Adaptation Studies • 20th Century Canadian Literature • 20th and 21st Century U.S. Literature • Digital Media (convergence culture, franchising, transmedia storytelling) • Comics and Graphic Novels |
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| Linda K. Fuller, Ph.D., Professor Emerita (Communications, Worcester State University, U.S.A.) Recipient of Fulbright awards to teach in Singapore and to do AIDS/HIV research in Senegal Email: lfuller@worcester.edu |
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| • Gendered Language of Sport • Interpersonal/Intercultural Communication • Media: Film History, Journalism, Emerging Technologies |
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| Aaron Goings, Ph.D. (History, Simon Fraser University) Associate Professor of History, Saint Martin's University, USA Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Social Research, University of Tampere Tel. +358-50-437 7151 Email: aaron.goings[at]staff.uta.fi |
María A. Gutiérrez Bascón, Ph.D. (Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies, The University of Chicago) Kone Foundation Postdoctoral Researcher, JMC, University of Turku Tel. +358-41-748 1106 Email: maria.gutierrezbascon[at]utu.fi |
| • American Social and Labor History • Social Movements • Radicalism and Anti-radicalism • Immigration History |
• Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture • Cuban Studies • Urban and Heritage Studies • The City of Havana in Literature and Culture |
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| Outi Hakola, Ph.D. (Media Studies, University of Turku) Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-29-412 2986 Email: outi.j.hakola[at]helsinki.fi |
Markus Heide, Ph.D. (Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt University Berlin) Senior Lecturer, Swedish Institute for North-American Studies, Uppsala University Email: markus.heide[at]engelska.uu.se |
| • U.S. Media • U.S. Popular Culture (esp. film and television) • Death and Dying in the U.S. and Canada • Cultural Traumas in the U.S. • Violence, Crime, and Prisons in the U.S. • Gender Issues in the U.S. • 2016 U.S. Presidential Election |
• Comparative American Studies • Latino/a Literatures and Cultural Production • Travel Writing (from the15th to the 20th Century) • Hemispheric American Studies • Border Studies • American and Canadian Film • Popular Culture • Race and Ethnicity |
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| Niko Heikkilä, M.A. (Cultural History, University of Turku) Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural History, University of Turku Tel. +358-44-380 3333 Email: njheik[at]utu.fi |
Benita Heiskanen, Ph.D. (American Studies, University of Texas at Austin), Title of Docent (American Studies, University of Turku; North American Studies, University of Helsinki) Professor of North American Studies & Director of the JMC, University of Turku Tel. +358-29-450 2205 Email: benita.heiskanen[at]utu.fi |
| • U.S. History and Culture • Social Movements in the U.S. • Black Nationalism • White Nationalism • Social Control |
• U.S. History, Society, and Culture • Race and Ethnicity in the United States • Latino/as in the United States • U.S. Popular Culture and Sport (boxing) • U.S.–Mexico Border Region • Drug Wars and Femicide in Mexico • U.S.–Cuba Relations • Contemporary U.S. Politics |
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| Ari Helo, Ph.D. (General History, University of Tampere), Title of Docent (North American Studies, University of Tampere) University Lecturer in North American Studies, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-44-280 3885 Email: ari.helo[at]helsinki.fi |
Markku Henriksson, D.Soc.Sci. (Political History, University of Helsinki), D.Lett., h.c. (Canadian Studies, York University, Toronto), Title of Docent (American and Canadian Studies, University of Tampere) McDonnell Douglas Chair for American Studies Emeritus, University of Helsinki Council Member, JMC, University of Turku Email: markku.henriksson[at]helsinki.fi |
| • U.S. Politics • U.S. History • U.S. Foreign Policy • American Intellectual History • Early American History • American Studies Methodology |
• North American History, Politics, Geography, and Art • American Studies & Canadian Studies • Native American and First Nations History, Culture, and Politics • Route 66 • Trans-Canada Highway |
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| Erik Hieta, Ph.D. (History, University of California, Davis) Tel. +358-44-208 6030 Email: erik.hieta[at]gmail.com |
Antero Holmila, Ph.D. in History (Royal Holloway, University of London) Researcher, University of Jyväskylä, Department of History and Ethnology Transatlantic Studies Association Tel. +358 50 3097 643 Email: antero.holmila[at]jyu.fi |
| • U.S. History • The U.S. and the World since WWII • Native American Studies • Ethnographic Representation and Indigenous Peoples • Finnish American Identities • Migration and Ethnicity in the U.S. • 2016 U.S. Presidential Election |
• US Foreign Relations since 1898 • US in WWII: Isolationism vs. Internationalism • US Congress and War • Transatlantic Relations • Geopolitics • FDR Era & Presidency • The Cold War and the Politics of Sport |
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| Tuomas Hovi, Ph.D. (Folkloristics, University of Turku) Postdoctoral Researcher, Folkloristics, University of Turku Email: tuomas.hovi[at]utu.fi |
Aleksi Huhta, Ph.D. (European and World History, University of Turku) Postdoctoral Researcher, Åbo Akademi University Tel. +358-40-757 5131 Email: alehuh[at]utu.fi |
| • Finnish American Heritage and Tradition • Identity Politics of Finnish Americans in the U.S. • Authenticity • Folklore |
• History of Migration • Racialism and Racism in U.S./Atlantic History • Finnish American History • Sociology of Ethnicity/Race |
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| Reetta Humalajoki, Ph.D. (History, Durham University) Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher, JMC, University of Turku Tel. +358-29-450 3894 Email: reetta.humalajoki[at]utu.fi |
Kimmo Hämäläinen, M.Soc.Sci. (Contemporary History, University of Turku) Secretary General, Counsellor of Education, Advisory Board for Professional Development in Education, National Board of Education Tel. +358-40-719 5045 Email: kimmo.hamalainen[at]elisanet.fi |
| • Indigenous Studies • Modern U.S. and Canadian History • Political Activism and Social Movements • Ethnicity, Race, and Identity • Race in Popular Culture and Cultural Appropriation |
• U.S. Presidents after WWII (esp. Richard Nixon) • Nuclear Weapons • Détente 1969-1976 • U.S.–Soviet/Russian Relationship (since 1945) • U.S. Popular Culture (westerns, the golden age of Hollywood, John Wayne, Elvis Presley) |
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| Kaisa Ilmonen, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature, University of Turku) Senior Research Fellow, Adjunct Professor in the Study of Minority Literatures, University of Turku Email: kailmo[at]utu.fi |
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| • Caribbean Women's Writing • American-Caribbean Literatures • Postcolonial Theory and Postcolonial Literatures • Intersectionality • Feminism, Queer and Sexuality in Literature |
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| Ling Jian-e, Ph.D. (English Language and Literature, Nanjing University) Associate Professor, Hunan University of Science and Technology Tel. +86-731-5829 1105 Email: lindalje[at]163.com |
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| • Modernist American Theater • Post-9/11 Literature • Interculturation of Chinese and American Literature • Women's Studies • U.S. Literature in Intellectual History |
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| Pasi J. Kallio, Ph.D. (North American Studies, University of Helsinki) Tel. +358-45-636 2366 Email: pasi.kallio[at]espoo.fi |
Kari Kallioniemi, Ph.D. (Cultural History, University of Turku), Title of Docent (History of Popular Culture, University of Turku) University Lecturer, Musicology & Vice-Director, International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC), University of Turku President, European Popular Culture Association Tel. +358-45-260 7968 Email: kari.kallioniemi[at]utu.fi |
| • U.S. History (esp. cultural and intellectual import from Europe to the U.S., Southern History) • Elites of the Southern States • The American Civil War • Sceptical Historiography • Literary Theory, Semiotics (esp. narrative in history) |
• Anglo Actors and Hollywood Stardom • Post-War American Popular Music • The First and Second British Invasions in the U.S. • U.S. Popular Culture and Psychedelia • Anglomania and Anglophobia in the U.S • Transatlantic Popular Culture |
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| Lauri Kangasniemi, B.Soc.Sci. (International Relations, University of Tampere) Student, International Relations, University of Tampere Tel. +358 40 129 0889 Email: kangasniemi.lauri.j[at]student.uta.fi |
Suvi Karila, M.A. (Cultural History, University of Turku) Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural History, University of Turku Email: suvi.karila[at]utu.fi |
| • International Trade • U.S. Trade Policy • U.S. Trade Negotiations |
• Nonreligion (Atheism, Unbelief, Irreligion) in the U.S. • Gender and Nonreligion |
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| Saara Kekki, M.A. (North American Studies, University of Helsinki) Ph.D. Candidate, North American Studies, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-44-379 3007 Email: saara.kekki[at]helsinki.fi |
Pekka Kilpeläinen, Ph.D. (English Language and Culture, University of Eastern Finland) Academy Research Fellow, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Tel. +358-50-327 5759 Email: pekka.a.kilpelainen[at]uef.fi |
| • Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Internment in WWII • Minorities in the U.S. and Canada • Minority Politics • Native American Politics • Big Data in Historical Research |
• African American Literature and Culture • Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the U.S. • James Baldwin • Ideology and Utopia • Cultural Memory • Transculturation |
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| Anna Koivusalo, Ph.D. (History, University of Helsinki) Postdoctoral Researcher, History, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-41-507 3534 Email: anna.koivusalo[at]helsinki.fi |
Jani Kokko, M.A. (History, University of Jyväskylä) Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä Tel. +358-50-341 2860 Email: Jani.t.kokko[at]student.jyu.fi |
| • Nineteenth-century U.S. South • Civil War and Reconstruction • Southern Honor • Emotional History in the U.S. • Manhood and Masculinity in the U.S. |
• U.S. Elections and Political System • U.S. Presidency • American Values • U.S. National Security Policy |
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| Pekka Kolehmainen, M.A. (Cultural History, University of Turku) Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural History, University of Turku Chair, PCA-Finland (Suomen Populaarikulttuurin Tutkimuksen Seura) Email: pmkole[at]utu.fi |
Tuula Kolehmainen, M.A. (English Philology, University of Helsinki) Doctoral Student, Department of Languages (English Philology), University of Helsinki Email: tuula.kolehmainen[at]helsinki.fi |
| • Cultural History of the 1980s in the U.S. • Popular Music, Popular Culture, and Audiovisual Media • Censorship, Culture Wars • Digital Culture and Game Studies |
• African American Literature |
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| Janne Korkka, Ph.D. (English, University of Turku) Senior Lecturer, Deparment of English, University of Turku Coordinator, North American Studies Programme, University of Turku Tel. +358-2-333 5323 Email: jkorkka[at]utu.fi |
Auvo Kostiainen, Ph.D. (University of Turku), Title of Docent (Travel History, University of Lapland; General History, University of Tampere) Professor Emeritus, Department of European and World History, University of Turku Tel. +358-40-517 4313 Email: aukosti[at]utu.fi |
| • Canadian Literature • Indigenous Peoples in Canadian and U.S. Literature • Space and Place in Literature • The Arctic in Literature • Writings of the Canadian Prairie |
• History of Ethnicity and Migration • Finns in North America • Radical Ethnic Groups in the United States • John Morton • Finns in the Soviet Union • History of Multiculturalism • History of Travel and Tourism |
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| Kryštof Kozák, Ph.D. (International Studies, Charles University) Head of the Department of American Studies, Institute of International Studies, Charles University, Prague Tel. +420-251-080 449, +421-251-080 250 Email: kozak[at]fsv.cuni.cz, krystofkozak[at]gmail.com |
Anna Kronlund, Ph.D (Political Science, University of Jyväskylä) University Teacher, Political Science, University of Jyväskylä Email: |
| • U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations • North American Economic Integration and Globalization (esp. the effects on public policy in Mexico and the U.S.) • Legal and Illegal Migration from Mexico to the U.S. • Drug Trafficking as a Problem of National and International Politics • Asymmetric Collective Memory in Mexico and the U.S |
• U.S. Political System and Culture • U.S. Congress and Its Role in US Foreign Policy • Decision-making on U.S. Foreign and Domestic Politics • Debates on War and Emergency Powers in the United States |
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| Elizabeth Kuebler-Wolf, Ph.D. (American Studies, Art History, Indiana University Bloomington) Assistant Professor, School of Creative Arts, University of Saint Francis Tel. +1-260-433 1829 Email: ekueblerwolf[at]sf.edu |
Sonja Kuosmanen, M.A. (English Philology, University of Helsinki) Doctoral student, Department of Modern Languages, University of Helsinki Email: sonja.kuosmanen[at]helsinki.fi |
| • Antebellum South • Images of Slaves and Slavery • Proslavery and Abolitionist Rhetoric • American Art History (from colonial time to present) |
• Political Language and Discourses • Political Discourse in the United States • Rhetoric of the President of the United States • U.S. Foreign Policy Discourse • Political Discourse in the U.S. Media |
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| Asta Kuusinen, Ph.D. (North American Studies, University of Helsinki) University Lecturer in Art Education, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, University of Eastern Finland Tel. +358-45-639 2980 Email: asta.kuusinen[at]uef.fi |
Katariina Kyrölä, Ph.D. (Media Studies, University of Turku) Lecturer, Gender Studies, Åbo Akademi University Email: kkyrola[at]abo.fi |
| • North American Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Chicana Artists • Visual Culture and Media • New Mexico Cultures and Society • Religious Imagery in Contemporary Art • History of Documentary and Art Photography • Sustainable Development and Education through Art |
• Gender, Sexuality, and "Race" in Contemporary American Popular Culture • Feminist Theories of the Body • Fat Studies and Fatness in the Media • LGBTQ Issues in the U.S. • Feminist Studies of Horror and Pornography • American B-Movies, Reality Television, and Tabloid Culture |
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| Jere Kyyrö, M.A. (Comparative Religion, University of Turku), M.Soc.Sc. (Sociology, University of Tampere) Ph.D. Candidate, Comparative Religion, University of Turku Email: jjkyyr[at]utu.fi |
Lotta Kähkönen, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature, University of Turku) University Lecturer, Gender Studies, University of Lapland Tel. +358-29-450 3454 Email: Lottamari.Kahkonen[at]ulapland.fi |
| • Civil Religion Debate in North America • Sociology of Religion, Sociological and Anthropological Theories of Religion • Religion and Media, Media Rituals • Critical Study of Religion • Images of The Frontier and Apocalypse in Science Fiction Films and Television |
• Contemporary U.S. Literature • Race and Gender in U.S. Literature • Transgender in Anglophone Literature and Popular Culture • Queer Theory and Sexuality |
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| Kimi Kärki, Ph.D. (Cultural History, University of Turku) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cultural History, University of Turku Tel. +358-50-534 4697 Email: kierka[at]utu.fi |
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| • Popular Music and Stadium Rock Live Performances • Music Industry and Touring • Digital Gaming, Violence, and Political Satire • Conspiracy Theories, Satanism, and Paganism • Blockbuster and Horror Films |
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| Janne Lahti, Ph.D. (General History, University of Helsinki), Adjunct Professor (Title of Docent) in General History (University of Helsinki) Academy of Finland Research Fellow, University of Helsinki Editor, American Studies in Scandinavia Tel.+358-40-744 275 Email: janne.lahti[at]helsinki.fi |
Otto Latva, Ph.D. (Cultural History, University of Turku) Research Associate, Åbo Akademi University Tel. +358-2-215 4911 Email: otto.latva[at]abo.fi |
| • U.S. History, Society, and Culture • American West • Colonialism and Empire • Borderlands • Native Americans • Race, Ethnicity (Whiteness), and Gender (Masculinity) • American Film • Military History |
• Historical Conceptions of the Ocean and the Deep Sea (North Atlantic region) • The Sea in North American Culture • History of Sea Animals (animals as historical subjects, representations of sea animals, esp. the giant squid) • Sixteenth and Eighteenth Century Cultural History • History of Science (Zoology; the ocean; and deep-sea exploration) • History of Wonder and Monsters • History of the Newfoundland Region |
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| Kwangjin Lee, Ph.D. (American Studies, University of Texas at Austin) Assistant Professor, English Language and Literature, Soongsil University Tel. +82-2-820-0339 Email: pynchon69[at]gmail.com |
Johanna Leinonen, Ph.D. (History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) Senior Researcher, Migration Institute of Finland Tel. +358-40-5340078 Email: johlei[at]utu.fi |
| • American Literature (Realism and Naturalism) • U.S. Business History (large corporations) • Management (organizational behavior) |
• Modern U.S. History • Migration History, the United States and Finland • Race and Ethnicity in the United States and in Finland • Transnationalism, in particular Transnational Families • Gender History • History of Finnish Emigration • Interdisciplinary Research |
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| Teemu T. Mantsinen, Ph.D. (Comparative Religion, University of Turku) Researcher, University of Turku Tel. +358-40-527 1746 Email: teemu.mantsinen[at]utu.fi |
Juha Meriläinen, Ph.D. (Common Church History, University of Helsinki) Committee Secretary, Church Administration/Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Tel. +358-44-537 0878 Email: juha.merilainen[at]helsinki.fi |
| • Pentecostal Religion in North America • Finnish Pentecostal Traditions in North America • Religion and Politics in the U.S. • Religion and Social Class in the U.S. • Anthropology and Sociology |
• Religious History in the U.S. • American Lutheranism • Religion and the Cold War • The Ecumenical Movement • American Churches and the Post-WWII Reconstruction • Civil Religion • Finnish-American Immigrants • Religion and Identity • Narrative Methods |
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| Sini Mononen, M.A. (Musicology, University of Helsinki) Ph.D. Candidate, Musicology, University of Turku Tel. +358-40-410 3160 Email: siinmo[at]utu.fi |
Teemu Mäkinen, M.Soc.Sci. (Political Science, University of Jyväskylä) Ph.D. Candidate, School of Management / Political Science, University of Tampere Tel. +358-40-737 0967 Email: makinen.teemu.p[at]student.uta.fi |
| • Music and Violence • Film Music and Sound • Stalking Studies • Representations of Violent Experience |
• U.S. Congress and Presidency • The Role of the U.S. Congress in American Foreign Policy • Partisanship and Polarization in American Politics • U.S. Electoral Politics • The U.S. Constitution and Political System |
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| Nadia Nava Contreras, M.A. Kone Foundation Researcher, JMC, University of Turku Ph.D. Candidate, Political History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-44-333 9767 Email: nadia.navacontreras[at]helsinki.fi |
Jari Nikkola, M.A. (Cultural History, University of Turku) Ph.D. Candidate, European and World History, University of Turku Tel. +358-40-566 0405 Email: jari.nikkola[at]utu.fi |
| • Mexican Foreign Policy (20th and 21st Centuries) • The Interamerican System and Latin America in the United Nations • Public Diplomacy and National Imaginaries • Transnational History |
• Immigration History • Late Generation European-American Ethnicity • Late Generation American Finns • Interethnicity of the Upper Midwest • Sociology of Acculturation and Ethnicity |
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| Jopi Nyman, Ph.D. (English, University of Joensuu), D.Soc.Sci. (Sociology, University of Joensuu) Professor of English, University of Eastern Finland Tel. +358-50-442 3199 Email: jopi.nyman[at]uef.fi |
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| • U.S. Literature and Popular Culture • Race and Ethnicity in American Literature • American Ethnic Literature • American Cultural Studies • Human-Animal Studies • Migration, Mobility and Globalization in Literature |
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| Petri Paju, Ph.D. (Cultural History, University of Turku) Reserach Fellow, Cultural History, University of Turku Email: petpaju[at]utu.fi |
Justin Parks, Ph.D. (English, State University of New York, University at Buffalo) Associate Professor of American Literature and Culture, Arctic University of Norway Email: justin.parks[at]uit.no |
| • History of Computing • History of Technology • History of Multinational Business (esp. International Business Machines, IBM) • U. S. Business in Europe (after WWII) |
• American Literature • Poetry and Poetics • International Modernism • African American Literature • American Culture in the Great Depression • Literary Criticism and Theory • Academic Writing and EFL |
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| Anna Pehkoranta, Ph.D. (Literature, University of Jyväskylä) Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä Tel. +358-40-739 0965 Email: anna.m.pehkoranta[at]jyu.fi |
Henna-Riikka Pennanen, Ph.D. (History, Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä) Postdoctoral Researcher, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS), JMC, University of Turku Tel. +358-29-450 3098 Email: henna-riikka.pennanen[at]utu.fi |
| • Asian North American Literature and Criticism • Ethnic Minority Literatures in the U.S. • Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary American Fiction and Criticism • Transnational and Postcolonial Fiction and Theory in the U.S. Context • Feminist, Ecocritical, and Psychoanalytical Literary Criticism in the U.S. • Affectivity and Experimentality in Contemporary Asian American Literature |
• 19th Century U.S. History • U.S. - East Asia/China Relations • Idea of "The West" • Conceptual and Intellectual History • Images of "The Yellow Peril" |
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| Rosemary Pennington, Ph.D. (Indiana University) Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Journalism and Film, Miami University Tel. 513-529 3460, 812-327 3953 Email: penninrm[at]miamioh.edu |
Nicole Perry, Ph.D. (Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto) Lise Meitner Fellow (FWF), University of Vienna Tel. +43-1-4277 42208 Email: nicole.perry[at]univie.ac.at |
| • American Journalism • Muslims and Media • Minorities and Media • New Media & Society |
• German/Native American relations • North American Indigenous Art • North American Indigenous Film • German immigrants to North America |
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| Saijaleena Rantanen, DMus, M.A. (Music History, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki Tel. +358-40-710 4200 Email: saijaleena.rantanen[at]uniarts.fi |
Paola Raunio, Ph.D. (International Relations, University of St. Andrews) Assistant Professor in International Relations, University of Sharjah Email: paola.raunio[at]gmail.com |
| • Music History of Migrants (North America and Finland) • Migration History (North America and Finland • Music and Society • Transnationalism • Interdisciplinary Research |
• U.S. Foreign Policy • The Role of the U.S. in the Middle East • U.S.–Iran Relations • American In/Security Policies • Human Rights • Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in U.S. Foreign Policy • Contemporary Imperialism • Feminist and Postcolonial Theory |
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| Anju Reejhsinghani, Ph.D. (History, The University of Texas at Austin) Executive Director, Institute for Regional and International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Email: reejhsinghan[at]wisc.edu |
Matti Roitto, Ph.D. (General History, University of Jyväskylä) Editor in Chief, Jargonia Tel. +358-40-542 3904 Email: matti.roitto[at]jyu.fi |
| • Modern Cuba • U.S. - Cuba Relations • Transnational Sport (Boxing and Baseball) |
• Anglo-American Relations (political history, foreign policy, international relations) • Anglo-American Atomic Cooperation and Nuclear Weapons (esp. 1940s) • Early Cold War |
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| Leena-Maija Rossi, Ph.D. (Art History and Women's/Gender Studies, University of Helsinki), Title of Docent (Visual Culture, University of Turku; Gender Studies and Art History, University of Helsinki) Executive Director, Finnish Cultural Institute in New York Tel. +1-646-436-8738 Email: rossi[at]fciny.org |
Markku Ruotsila, Ph.D. (History, University of Cambridge) Adjunct Professor (Docent), North American Church History, University of Helsinki Adjunct Professor (Docent), American and British History, University of Tampere Tel. +358-050-431 8747 Email: markku.ruotsila[at]helsinki.fi |
| • Intersectional Study of Genders and Sexualities • Queer Studies • Visual Culture (esp. media and contemporary art) • U.S. Popular Culture/Film, Television, and Internet Series |
• U.S. History, Society, and Politics • Religion and Politics in the U.S. • The Republican Party, Christian Right, and U.S. Conservatism • Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism (in the U.S. and worldwide) • Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy • Socialism and the Religious Left in the U.S. • U.S. Presidential Elections and Presidential History • U.S. Anticommunism and the Cold War • Transnational History and U.S. Foreign Relations |
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| Mikko Saikku, Ph.D. (North American Studies, University of Helsinki), Title of Docent (North American Studies, University of Helsinki; Environmental History, University of Tampere) President, Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS) McDonnell Douglas Professor of American Studies, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-50-448 4075 Email: mikko.saikku[at]helsinki.fi |
Sirpa Salenius, Ph.D. (English Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu), Title of Docent (English-language Literature and Culture, University of Eastern Finland) Senior Lecturer, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Tel. +358-(0)403 775 389, +39-333-2142465 Email: sirpa.salenius[at]gmail.com |
| • North American History • U.S. Society and Culture • American Studies • Environmental History |
• American Literature • U.S. Culture and Society • Transatlantic Studies; American Artists and Writers in Italy • Travel Writing; Nineteenth-Century American Writing on Finland • African American Literature; Antislavery and Fugitive Slave Narratives • Race, Ethnicity, and Whiteness • Women’s Studies; Gender and Sexuality • Cosmopolitanism • Space |
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| Hannu Salmi, Ph.D. (General History, University of Turku) Academy Professor, Department of Cultural History, University of Turku Tel. +358-40-7051196 Email: hansalmi[at]utu.fi |
Samira Saramo, Ph.D. (History, York University) Postdoctoral Researcher, JMC, University of Turku Email: samira.saramo[at]utu.fi |
| • Film and Media History • History of Popular Culture • Hollywood Cinema • American and European Cultural Relations |
• Canadian History • Finns in North America • Life Writing and Narrative Analysis • History of Death and Grieving • Social Movements in Canada and the United States • North American Immigrant Experience and Transnationalism • Violence Studies • Identity, Memory, and Emotion Studies • History of Childhood, Youth, and Families in North America |
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| Heikki Saxén, Ph.D. (History and Bioethics, University of Tampere) Researcher, History, University of Tampere Tel. +358-40-756 8485 Email: heikki.saxen[at]gmail.com |
Lydia Schoeppner, M.A. Ph.D. Candidate, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Tel. +1-204-881 2551 Email: lydia.schoeppner[at]outlook.com |
| • Bioethics • Medical Ethics • Research Ethics • History of Bioethics • Political Philosophy (esp. John Rawls and Judith Shklar) |
• Inuit Culture and Society (esp. Inuit in Canada) • The Inuit Circumpolar Council (esp. Canada and Greenland) • Inuit Traditional Knowledge (Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit) • Indigenous/Inuit Peacemaking; Hybrid Peace • Colonization of the Arctic • The Role of Institutions for Conflict Transformation • Indigenous Research Methodologies |
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| Mila Seppälä, M.A. (English, University of Turku) Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English, University of Turku Tel. +358-400-841 363 |
Mark Shackleton, Ph.D. (American Literature, University of Helsinki), Title of Docent (English Literature, University of Helsinki) Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages/English, University of Helsinki Tel. + 358-50-402 8941 Email: Mark.Shackleton[at]helsinki.fi |
| • U.S. Politics • Police Violence and Use of Force Legislation • Gun Violence and Gun Legislation • Media Discourse • African American Studies |
• Native North American Writing • Postcolonial Literatures • Trickster Literatures • Transcultural and Transnational Adoption |
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| Elina Siltanen, Ph.D. (FT/FD, English, double degree from the University of Turku, Finland and Luleå University of Technology, Sweden) Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Research Grantee), Department of English, University of Turku Tel. +358 503 268 953 Email: elina.siltanen[at]utu.fi |
Hilma Sormunen, M.Soc.Sci (Political Science, University of Turku) Doctoral Candidate, Political Science, University of Turku (from August 2020) Tel. +358 044 594 8391 Email: hrsorm[at]utu.fi |
| • Recent and Contemporary U.S. Poetry (esp. Language Writing, Conceptual Poetry) • Experimental Poetry • Ways of Reading Complex Literature • Reading for emotion • Literary Criticism |
• Critical Discourse Analysis • Rhetoric in U.S. Presidential Addresses (George W. Bush and Barack Obama) |
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| Stephanie Sparling Williams, Ph.D. (American Studies, University of Southern California) John Walsh Fellow (Yale University Art Gallery) Email: stephanie.sparlingwilliams[at]yale.edu |
Frida Stranne, Ph.D. (Peace- and Development Research, Gothenburg University) Senior Lecturer, Political Science, University of Halmstad Visiting Scholar at SINAS, Uppsala University Email: frida.stranne[at]hh.se |
| • African American Studies • Visual Culture Studies • Art History • Black and Diaspora Studies • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies • Museum Studies • Phenomenology |
• History of U.S. Foreign Policy • Core Ideas in U.S. Foreign Policy • U.S. Involvement in the Middle East • Think Tanks and their Role in Policymaking (esp. foreign policy) • Political Development in U.S. Congress and its Relation to the Executive Branch (polarization, influence of money, gerrymandering) |
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| Airnel Talatala Abarra, M.Sc. Head Coach in Athletics (Track & Field), Office of Athletics, Ateneo de Davao University Email: atabarra[at]addu.edu.ph |
Phil Tiemeyer, Ph.D. (American Studies, University of Texas at Austin) Associate Professor of History, Department of History, Kansas State University, USA Tel. +1-314-570 7949 Email: tiemeyerp@ksu.edu |
| • Athletics • Sport and Society • Philippine-United States of America Relations |
• LGBTQ Issues • Civil Aviation Issues (airlines) |
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| Gyorgy Toth, Ph.D. (American Studies, University of Iowa) Lecturer in History, Division of History and Politics, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling Tel. +44-1786-467 573 Email: gyorgy.toth[at]stir.ac.uk |
Juho Turpeinen, M.A. (Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki) Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki Doctoral Programme of Political, Societal and Regional Change, Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Helsinki Tel. +358-407-073 669 Email: juho.turpeinen[at]helsinki.fi |
| • 20th Century (esp. post-1945 U.S. history) • Transatlantic Cultural Relations and Social Movements • U.S. Transnational Relations • American Indian History • U.S. and European Public History and Memory |
• Political Theory • Neoliberalism • Populism • Conservatism • Social Media • Land Use |
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| Alf Tomas Tønnessen, Ph.D. (North-American Area Studies, University of Oslo) Associate Professor, American Civilization/English, Volda University College, Norway Tel. +47-70-075 456 Email: toenness[at]hivolda.no |
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| Ave Ungro, M.A. (Spanish Philology, University of Tartu) Latin American Studies, Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki Tel. +372-5620 1110 E-mail: ave.ungro[at]helsinki.fi |
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| • Contemporary Mexican Journalism • Drug Wars in Mexico • Discourse Studies • Latin American Literary Journalism • Latin American Literature |
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| Elina Valovirta, Ph.D. (English, University of Turku) Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Turku Tel. +358-2-333 5325 Email: elina.valovirta[at]utu.fi |
Vesa Vares, D.Soc.Sci. (Political History, University of Turku) Title of Docent (History of Ideologies and Society, University of Jyväskylä; Finnish History, University of Tampere; History of Ideologies and Political Parties,University of Turku) Professor of Political History, University of Turku Tel. +358-2-333 5368 Email: vesa vares[at]utu.fi |
| • Anglophone Caribbean Women’s Writing • Sexuality • Emotions, Affects, and Affect theory • Feminist Reader Theory • Cultural Studies • Anglophone Global Culture |
• U.S. History and Society • History of U.S. Presidents and Presidential Elections • The Democratic Party • The Republican Party • Liberalism and Conservatism in the U.S. • Representations of U.S. History in Films |
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| Sarri Vuorisalo-Tiitinen, Ph.D. (Latin American Studies, University of Helsinki) Postdoctoral Researcher, Part-time Teacher in Master´s Degree Programme in Intercultural Encounters, University of Helsinki Email: sarri.vuorisalo-tiitinen[at]helsinki.fi |
Susanna Välimäki, Ph.D., Title of Docent (Musicology, University of Helsinki) Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Turku Tel. +358-2-333 5218 Email: susanna.valimaki[at]utu.fi |
| • Gender and Ethnicity in Latin America • Indigenous Movements in Latin America • Mexican Zapatista Movement • Latin American Literature • Mexican Indigenist Writer Rosario Castellanos • Latin American Migration to the U.S. and Europe • Latin Americans in Finland • Bilingualism in Finland (Finnish-Spanish/Portuguese) • Critical Discourse Analysis |
• Contemporary American Music (esp. Contemporary Classical Music, Rock Music, and Americana) • American Films and Film Music • War Films • Study of Cultural Trauma • War in Music and Sonic Arts • Political Art • Queer Studies • Ecomusicology and Ecocriticism • Native American Film |
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| Elizabeth Whitney, Ph.D. (Performance Studies, Popular Culture, and Communication, Southern Illinois University) Email: ewhitney[at]bmcc.cuny.edu |
Oscar Winberg, M.A. (General History, Åbo Akademi University) Ph.D. Candidate, General History, Åbo Akademi University Tel. +358-40-575 4027 Email: owinberg[at]abo.fi |
| • LGBTQ Media and Politics • Queer and Feminist Arts • Communication and Public Speaking |
• Modern U.S. History • U.S. Presidential Elections • U.S. Political History • U.S. Television • Political Cartoons • Political Advertising |
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| Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ph.D. (History, Stanford University) Professor, Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine Co-editor, Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies Co-Editor, Gendering the Transpacific World: Diaspora, Empire and Race (book series with Brill) Email: j.wu[at]uci.edu |
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• History and Modern Development of Mormonism (esp. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
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